BBC Two has inked a new deal with Zodiak Rights to secure the UK broadcast rights to the ten episode second season of lavish Canal+ period drama Versailles, TVWise has learned. Additionally, Amazon Prime Video UK has secure SVOD rights to Versailles season two, and will make it available to subscribers shortly after the linear broadcast window on BBC Two.

During her Meet The Controller session at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, BBC Two Controller Kim Shillinglaw unveiled raft of new commissions include a behind the scenes drama about the making of Dad's Army, an adaptation of China Miéville's novel The City & The City. Elsewhere, BBC Two has officially boarded French period drama Versailles, which was commissioned by French broadcaster Canal+ more than a year ago.

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